Alison And Sandy Grant
Scottish Country Dance Instruction
Alison And Sandy Grant A thirty-two bar Reel for three couples in a three couple longwise set. Devised by John W Mitchell, Published in Whetherly Book 14.1- 4 All cross giving right hands and set.
5- 6 All cross giving right hands, second couple remain facing out.
7- 8 Balance in line.
9-10 First and second ladies change places with left hand, whilst first and second men change places with the right hand.
11-12 All balance in line.
13-16 First and second couples dance half a double figure of eight.
17-18 First man and third lady change places with the right hand, whilst first lady and third man change places with the left hand.
19-20 All balance in line.
21-24 First and third couples dance half a double figure of eight.
25-28 First couple cross up diagonally between third couple to dance a half reel of three on the opposite side of the set. Order is now 1, 3, 2, all on opposite side.
29-32 Six hands round to the left in a circle half way. Finish in the order 2, 3, 1.
Repeat with a new top couple. Recommended tune: Alison and Sandy Grant
(Dance crib reproduced from The Whetherly Book Of Scottish Country Dances, revised and republished by Alison Mitchell)
Published in The Whetherly Book Of Scottish Country Dances Number 14, by John W Mitchell, revised and republished by Alison Mitchell. Instructions reproduced under the Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Licence (CC BY-ND 4.0).
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